Q.What are the contributions of Al-Haitham in the field of physics.?
AL-HAITHAM
Al-Haitham, the first Muslim Physicist was born in Basra in the year 965 A.D, but all his working life was spent under the Fatimid Caliphs in Egypt. He was a top class researcher of physics.
Main Contributions
1. He did important work on the nature, properties and rectilinear propagation of light.
2. He discovered the two famous laws of reflection of light.
3. He wrote many books but “Kitab-ul-Manazir” is his renowned work.
4. He Was the first scientist to construct a pin hOle camera.
5. He also discovered the Fermat Principle of least time, according to which a ray of light when passing through a medium always takes a path which takes the least time to traverse and is the easiest.
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